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The book's female protagonist, Dagny Taggart, struggles to manage a transcontinental railroad amid the pressures and restrictions of massive bureaucracy. Her antagonistic reaction to a libertarian group seeking an end to government regulation is later echoed and modified in her encounter with a utopian community, Galt's Gulch, whose members regard self-determination rather than collective responsibility as the highest ideal

"With an introduction by Leonard Peikoff"--Cover. His "Introduction to the 35th anniversary edition" (page ix-xv) dated September 1991

Contents

pt. I. Non-contradiction -- I. The theme -- II. The chain -- III. The top and the bottom -- IV. The immovable movers -- V. The climax of the d'Anconias -- VI. The non-commercial -- VII. The exploiters and the exploited -- VIII. The John Galt line -- IX. The sacred and the profane -- X. Wyatt's torch

pt. III. A is A -- I. Atlantis -- II. The utopia of greed -- III. Anti-greed -- IV. Anti-life -- V. Their brothers' keepers -- VI. The concerto of deliverance -- VII. "This is John Galt speaking" -- VIII. The egoist -- IX. The generator -- X. In the name of the best within us

The book's female protagonist, Dagny Taggart, struggles to manage a transcontinental railroad amid the pressures and restrictions of massive bureaucracy. Her antagonistic reaction to a libertarian group seeking an end to government regulation is later echoed and modified in her encounter with a utopian community, Galt's Gulch, whose members regard self-determination rather than collective responsibility as the highest ideal

"With an introduction by Leonard Peikoff"--Cover. His "Introduction to the 35th anniversary edition" (page ix-xv) dated September 1991

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pt. I. Non-contradiction -- I. The theme -- II. The chain -- III. The top and the bottom -- IV. The immovable movers -- V. The climax of the d'Anconias -- VI. The non-commercial -- VII. The exploiters and the exploited -- VIII. The John Galt line -- IX. The sacred and the profane -- X. Wyatt's torch

pt. III. A is A -- I. Atlantis -- II. The utopia of greed -- III. Anti-greed -- IV. Anti-life -- V. Their brothers' keepers -- VI. The concerto of deliverance -- VII. "This is John Galt speaking" -- VIII. The egoist -- IX. The generator -- X. In the name of the best within us

"With an introduction by Leonard Peikoff"--Cover. His "Introduction to the 35th anniversary edition" (page ix-xv) dated September 1991

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volume

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nc

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rdacarrier

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Contents

pt. I. Non-contradiction -- I. The theme -- II. The chain -- III. The top and the bottom -- IV. The immovable movers -- V. The climax of the d'Anconias -- VI. The non-commercial -- VII. The exploiters and the exploited -- VIII. The John Galt line -- IX. The sacred and the profane -- X. Wyatt's torch

pt. III. A is A -- I. Atlantis -- II. The utopia of greed -- III. Anti-greed -- IV. Anti-life -- V. Their brothers' keepers -- VI. The concerto of deliverance -- VII. "This is John Galt speaking" -- VIII. The egoist -- IX. The generator -- X. In the name of the best within us